The risk of moose Alces alces collision: A predictive logistic model for moose-train accidents

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-110

  Gundersen, Hege ^a   Andreassen, Harry P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Hedmark College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Game vehicle accidents; Logistic model; Railway

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 0031805839     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.007     Document Type: Article

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